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Diplomatic sources are also suggesting that Syrian President Hafez Assad has agreed to begin normalizing relations with Israel-establishing embassies, opening up trade and so on-before the Israeli retreat from the Golan is complete; if true, this would be a substantial concession. The list of major differences is still long. Israel, for instance, wants to continue to maintain early-warning stations on the Golan, and Syria flatly refuses. But at least the two countries are on speaking terms again...
...wars . . . and we ran away from a decision." Israel, he noted, made a similar territorial concession when it returned the entire Sinai peninsula to Egypt as part of the 1979 peace treaty. But Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin still faces widespread opposition among Israelis afraid of surrendering the Golan, where Syrian gunners used to attack northern Israeli settlements before Israel captured it in the 1967 Mideast war. "It's clear thatin these meetingshe has already given up the Golan Heights, without which there can be no security," said Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the opposition Likud bloc...
...first progress in negotiations between Israel and Syriasince they opened the peace process in October 1991. While State Department officials would disclose no details,TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyerreports that each side has accepted a specific set of American guidelines to steer the talks between senior Israeli and Syrian military officers. Among them: thatIsraeli withdrawal from the Golanwould be phased (Syria wants a one-year timeframe, Israel wants five years), and that the U.S. would monitor and oversee the process. Israel and the U.S. would also recognize a Syrian role in Lebanon, while Syria would ensure that Lebanon...
...negotiations between Israel and Syria since they opened the peace process in October 1991. While State Department officials would disclose no details, TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer reports that each side has accepted a specific set of American guidelines to steer the talks between senior Israeli and Syrian military officers. Among them: that Israeli withdrawal from the Golan would be phased (Syria wants a one-year timeframe, Israel wants five years), and that the U.S. would monitor and oversee the process. Israel and the U.S. would also recognize a Syrian role in Lebanon, while Syria would ensure that Lebanon...
...midday of May 14, Egyptian forces had advanced deep into the southern Negev. An Iraqi column moved toward the Jordan river. The Transjordanian Arab Legion was arrayed along the river. On the upper reaches of the Jordan, a Syrian brigade was ready to attack the villages in the valley. Apart from the impetuous Egyptians who had already printed stamps to commemorate their "imminent victory," the Arab governments were awaiting the Mandate's last official hour before launching their attack...